Detection and differentiation of vanC-1, vanC-2, and vanC-3 glycopeptide resistance genes in enterococci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2294-2297

  Clark, Nancye C ^a,c   Teixeira, Lucia M ^a,b   Facklam, Richard R ^a   Tenover, Fred C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; GLYCOPEPTIDE VANC; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FLAVESCENS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM;

EID: 0031878944     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.8.2294-2297.1998     Document Type: Article

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